Had a fire wipe out a bush reserve that borders my parents house in Perth yesterday. My Mum and brother were preparing Christmas eve dinner when the fire hit mid afternoon, I didn't get there until after it was contained but they couldn't believe how intense and quickly it spread and it looked pretty dodgy for a while with houses in danger but the Fire's with the help of 4 water helicopters got it under control .Power was cut off for the rest afternoon and all the neighbors rallied to help with the dinner by wiping up a weber etc and gathered around for beers/wine. It was great to see out of some adversity good community spirit shine through
one of our neigbors took some incrediable images but havent got them yet but Ive attached a couple of pics , my parents house is at the back of the one where the red 4WD is parked .